NOTES ON DATA AND PROGRAMS PROVIDED FOR BOLLINGER AND HIRSCH "IS EARNINGS NONRESPONSE IGNORABLE?"

MARCH CPS PROGRAM AND DATA

We used CPS Utilities (Unicon: http://www.unicon.com/) to extract the data used in the study.
The extraction had no conditons, all individual level observations were drawn.  The program restricts the sample.
The file "mar07rpt.html" provides a list of the variable and information linking the unicon name to the Census/BLS original file name.

The stata program "ReStatMarch" and the associated log file "restatmarch.log" process the extracts into the analysis data and then produce all tables and appendix tables for March CPS (ASEC).  The analysis data set is included "BHrestatmarch".  As noted in the program, comment out the initial processing part of the program and simply use the provided data (it is set up that way currently; to process your own march cps extracts, change the comments).

ORG PROGRAM AND DATA

We constructed the ORG files from the Census/BLS releases. Barry Hirsch created the SAS dataset and all needed variables using SAS program "respond1.sas" (this program reads in ORG data extracts previously constructed from the raw CPS files; if information on the extract creation is needed, contact Hirsch). The SAS data set was converted to stata data set "BHrestatorg" for analysis.

The stata program "ReStatorg" and the associated log file "restatorg.log" analyze the stata data set "BHrestatorg".  The program will produce all tables and appendix tables for the ORG data.  The stata data set BHrestatorg is included.